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Scientists investigating the causes of dementia have found key similarities between different diseases, paving the way for effective new diagnostics and treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/alzheimers
Experts looking into conditions including Alzheimers, Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies have found there are similar processes and biomarkers that link them
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Parents, teens and digital monitoring
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/parents-teens-and-digital-monitoring/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Find out what percentage of American parents surveyed checked their teenagers Facebook accounts, texts and emails in this enlightening new study from Pew Internet Research Centre .
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Online Privacy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/online-privacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently.
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Levels of support for the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/levels-of-support-for-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship.
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8 years of Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/8-years-of-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 To mark 8 years in existance, Twitter launched the facility to look back in time and trace your first tweet.
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What is the future of news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/06/what-is-the-future-of-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 6, 2015 A new report from the BBC considers how the growth of the Internet is changing the way we access news.
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Are you addicted to your smartphone?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/are-you-addicted-to-your-smartphone/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 According to the latest Ofcom communications market report more people use smartphones than laptops. 33% regard it as their most used device for going online rather than a laptop.
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Bernhard Forchtner
https://le.ac.uk/people/bernhard-forchtner
The academic profile of Dr Bernhard Forchtner, Associate Professor at University of Leicester
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Who uses social media?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/who-uses-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The latest Pew report (covering the USA) provides a snapshot of the social democgraphics of Internet users by categories such as age, race, gender and income: http://www.pewinternet.
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How far will technology companies go in helping repressive regimes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/20/how-far-will-technology-companies-go-in-helping-repressive-regimes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 20, 2012 http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_Future_of_Corporate_Responsibility_070512.